Summary of the UOC Annual Report. Academic year 2010-2011

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE FUTUREACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011SUMMARY OF THE UOC ANNUAL REPORT

Contents

THE YEAR AT A GLANCE

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THE UOC IN FIGURES8

THE UOC IN THE WORLD

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THE UOC ONLINE24

FINANCIAL REPORT22

EDUCATION AND QUALITY

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RESEARCH, TRANSFER AND INNOVATION

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PRESENTATION1

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“OVER THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR WE HAVE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THE UOC IS EVEN MORE OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE, FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE TO SOCIETY’S NEEDS, AND MOBILE, MULTILINGUAL AND MULTI-FORMAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE LIFESTYLES OF OUR STUDENTS.”

Recently, I have had the opportunity to present the UOC’s educational and gov-ernance model at international university forums in such diverse corners of the world as Washington, Paris, Singapore, Qatar and Kenya to widely differing audiences from the academic, scientifi c, business and govern-ment sectors. On each occasion, I felt great pride on hearing how speakers – both those who already knew about us and those who only just had – saw the UOC as a point of reference for their online universities. It very gratifying, though also a great responsibil-ity, to see how wherever we go we are put forward as an example for other universities to follow if they want develop and grow on the web, connect with the new knowledge society, adapt to students from the digital generation and focus on lifelong learning which is increasingly vital as we suffer and face up to this crisis.

As Professor Castells says in the institutional video that you can fi nd a link to at the end of this Annual Report, “as far as we know, the UOC is the leading online university” and now, beyond our pioneering mission, we have to accept responsibility for giving the knowledge and experience accumulated over all these years back to society.

For this reason, over the last academic year we have made every effort to ensure that the UOC is even more open and ac-cessible, fl exible and adaptable to society’s needs, and mobile, multilingual and multi-format in order to be able to respond to the lifestyles of our students.

This commitment means we have to reinvent ourselves constantly and steer our organisation so as to bravely navigate the crisis. Above all, we have to be able to take on board the changes in the culture and habits of education and lifelong learning that the crisis brings with it. We need to be chameleonic, able to work as a network, collaboratively and transversally, with fl ex-ibility and effi ciency, with greater implica-tion in the impact of our projects to benefi t society and with a high degree of creativity.Other universities look to us for our edu-cational model and we are in their sights (which is not exactly the same thing) for our ability to adapt to the new times without endangering the UOC’s sustainability. Once again, I would stress that this makes me very proud, but it also represents a great responsibility. As the proverb says, if you want to go fast, go alone, and if you want to go far, go together. We want to go far, in collaboration with and at the service of our society.

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE FUTURE

Imma Tubella, President of the UOCrectora.uoc.edu

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THE YEAR AT A GLANCE

www.uoc.edu/inaugural10 Francesc Pedró, senior policy analyst at the OECD

Eduard Punset, guest of honour at the graduation ceremony for the class of 2009-2010

SEPTEMBEROCTOBER2010

NOVEMBERDECEMBER2010

EDUCATION»The UOC launches the fi rst MBA in Property Sciences in Spain.

»Localret and the UOC offer training to local council workers in Catalonia.

F P d ó i li

INAUGURAL CLASSFrancesc Pedró gives the inaugural lecture ‘Between conservatism and messianism: Is technology really changing student expectations in higher education?’

REGIONAL PRESENCEThe UOC inaugurates a new information and student service centre in Falset (Priorat).

INNOVATION»The UOC and Orange develop the fi rst learning app for the iPad in Spain.

»The ReadSpeaker app is inte-grated into the UOC website, allowing users to download and listen to content from the site in MP3 format.

OPEN ACCESSThe Governing Council approves the open-access policy, thereby offering the scientifi c community free and open access to all of the university’s scientifi c and teaching output.

GRADUATION CEREMONYNearly 6,000 students gradu-ate from the UOC.

INNOVATION»The UOC launches APTIC, the fi rst social network for caretak-ers of children with chronic illnesses in Spain.

»The UOC helps map mass graves from the Spanish Civil War.


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THE PRESIDENT ONLINEThe president’s web-site is redesigned. The site reports on Imma Tubella’s in-person and online activities in her role as president of the UOC.

CAMPUS OF EXCELLENCEThe UPF-Icària International Campus project, coordinated by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), is recognised as an In-ternational Campus of Excel-lence. The UOC participates in the project as a partner university.

http://rectora.uoc.edu

http://lletra.uoc.edu/viquilletra/

Readspeaker

Manuel Castells

Larry Cuban

TRANSFER»The UOC’s UNESCO Chair in e-Learning holds its 7th Inter-national Seminar. This year’s topic is ‘Mobile Technologies for Learning and Development’.

»4th International Conference on Confl ictology and Peace.»The UOC Telemedicine Conference is held at Hospital Moisès Broggi. The conference focuses on business models, future plans, challenges in remote assistance and telemedicine in medical emergencies.

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AWARDSManuel Castells is awarded the Erasmus Medal by Academia Europaea.

LLETRAThe UOC launches Viquil-letra (Wikiletters) to promote reading in secondary-school classrooms.

TRANSFER»Larry Cuban explains the US experience in the use of ICTs in the classroom as part of the ‘Debates on Education’ series.

»The UOC coorganises MINIPUT 2010, the only quality television fair in Spain.

Readspeaker


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http://mapadelconeixement.uoc.edu

The Innovation Showcase

Brenda Gourley, doctor honoris causa

INNOVATION»A new website is launched to showcase the proposals submitted for the APLICA call for innovation project proposals.

HONORARY DOCTORATEBrenda Gourley, former Vice Chancellor and CEO of the Open University in the UK, is awarded an honorary doctor-ate by the UOC.

ACADEMIC LIFEFifteenth anniversary of the launching of the Educational Psychology programme.

THE SOCIAL UOC In honour of St. George’s Day, LletrA holds a micro-story and book recommendation con-test on Twitter. The hashtag #jollegeixo (#iread) and the account @lletra are trending topics for Barcelona.

EDUCATION»The Mollet, Tremp and Seu d’Urgell hospitals become new centres for UOC student intern-ships and training.

»The UOC will join forces with Consorci de Formació i Iniciatives Cercs-Berguedà to promote edu-cation in Berguedà County.

REGIONAL PRESENCEThe UOC inaugurates its offi ce in Tarragona.

MOBILITYThe UOC’s e-journals begin to publish articles in ePUB format, which is optimal for mobile devices and e-readers.

COOPERATIONThe Campus for Peace joins the Doctors Without Borders campaign ‘Pills against other people’s pain’.

Latin American website

INTERNATIONALISA-TION»Launching of a web-site for Latin America.

RESEARCH»The UOC publishes its knowledge map.

»UOC students can use health-mapping technology to research epidemic surveillance.

www.uoc.edu/hc

JANUARYAPRIL2011

www.innovauoc.org


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»The UOC launches SpeakApps, a set of Web 2.0 tools for language learning.

The digital city, a virtual and posthumous memorial to Dr Mitchell

Graduation ceremony in Mexico

Isaac Mao, father of sharism

SpeakApps for language learning

ACCESSIBILITYAll teaching materials cur-rently adapted for the visu-ally impaired are transferred to the ONCE collection.

IN MEMORIAMHomage to Dr William J. Mitchell, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and recipient of an honorary doctorate from the UOC in the academic year 2005-2006.

TRANSFER»The 1st Open Cinema Week is held.» Isaac Mao talks about sharism at the 5th Meeting of UOC Associate Institutions and Companies and the 4th Tech Talk.

OPEN ACCESSThe UOC’s open-access policy is ranked tenth best in the world and best in Spain by Melibea.

ACADEMIC LIFEGraduation ceremo-ny with the students from Mexico.

French-language website

»The UOC joins the Interna-tional Association of University Presidents (IAUP) and the Open Digital Space for the Mediter-ranean (eOMED).

»The UOC and Telmex create a digital community to promote knowledge and the use of ICT.

»The University reaches out to the French-speaking world with a new website in French.

Twww.uoc.edu/monumentvirtual/


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Anna Corbella and Marc Coma at the Alumni Meeting in Barcelona

Artur Mas at the seminar held by the UOC and the CatDem Foundation

MAYJULY2011

INTERNATIONALISATION»A cooperation agreement is signed with Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (UASB) in Bolivia to promote research and tech-nological innovation activities in telemedicine.

»The UOC joins the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and signs agreements with the University of New England in Australia and the Open University of Israel.

ACCÉS OBERTEl Consell de Govern aprova la política d’accés obert i amb això posa a disposició de la comunitat científi ca tota la seva producció científi ca i docent d’una manera lliure i gratuïta

ALUMNIThe regatta sailor Anna Corbella and the rally-racing motorcycle rider Marc Coma are the guests of honour at the Annual Alumni Meeting in Barcelona. In Madrid, Ana María Llopis and Jesús Vega analyse companies’ new needs.

MOBILITYA version of the UOC Virtual Library’s cata-logue is launched for mobile devices.

ACCOLADESManuel Castells is inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

TRANSFER»The UOC and the CatDem Foundation hold the seminar ‘Small nations in the context of the economic crisis. Looking for a way out’ with the participation of the Cata-lan president, Artur Mas.

»The UAB and the UOC jointly publish the com-munication journal Anàlisi.

www.analisi.cat

The Virtual Library’s catalogue for mobile deviceshttp://m.cataleg.uoc.eduh

INTERNATIONALISATIONINTERNATIONALISATION


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THE SOCIAL UOC The UOC launches a new channel for student services with the Twitter accounts @UOCestudiant and @UOCestudiante.

COMeIN, the UOC’s new e-journal

Vapor Universitari (Terrassa)

EDUCATION»Undergraduate students at the UOC will be able to obtain a 180-ECTS-credit bachelor’s degree under a cooperation agreement with the University of Andorra.

»The Campus for Peace launches the Virtual School for Cooperation.»The OECD ratifi es the UOC’s commitment to innovation and quality culture.»More than 1,200 people take part in the 2nd UOC Faculty Conference.

»The Catalan Government accredits the qualifi cations awarded by the UOC’s School of Languages.

REGIONAL PRESENCEThe UOC’s Terrassa offi ce moves to its new locationin the Vapor Universitari de Terrassa complex.

INNOVATIONTo celebrate Internet Day and World Information Society Day, two virtual classrooms are opened off campus, so that anyone who wishes to can see fi rst-hand what it is like to study at the UOC.

RESEARCHThe UOC participates in the International Music Observa-tory, an initiative of Primavera Sound.

»The UOC’s Information and Communication Sciences Department launches the e-journal COMeIN.

CChttp://comein.uoc.eduh


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THE UOC IN FIGURES

2. BREAKDOWN OF STUDENTS BY AGE

1. BREAKDOWN OF STUDENTS BY TYPE OF PROGRAMME

3. BREAKDOWN OF STUDENTS BY SEX

18 to 21 years old

22 to 25years old

26 to 29 years old

30 to 34 years old

35 to 39 years old

40 andolder

1,58

8

10,5

31

1,14

720 526

5,45

1

1,24

0

8,04

0

1,23

7

8,35

4

1,69

1

10,6

69

University master’s degrees, PhDs and postgraduate degrees EHEA degrees, diplomas and non-EHEA degrees

UOC-SPECIFIC DEGREE PROGRAMMES

POSTGRA-DUATE

Master’s degree 781

Postgraduatedegree

1,271

Specialisationcourse

1,288

UOC-SPECIFIC DEGREE (GMMD) 136

OTHER

University@thenaeum

3,044

Summer and Winter Open University

2,897

School of Languages 2,508

Other: Seminars, customised training

1,797

OFFICIAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES

GRAU

EHEA degree 18,062

Non-EHEA degree 15,345

Diploma or foundation degree

10,785

POSTGRA-DUATE

University master’s degree

2,906

DOCTORAL PhD 56

Diplomas and non-EHEAdegrees

EHEA degreesUniversitymaster’s degrees

PhDsPostgraduate

degrees

12,843 8,352 1,492 28 1,586

13,287 9,710 1,414 28 1,754

STUDENTS

TOTAL: 60,876


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4. EVOLUTION OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED

44,7

76

44,3

28

14,8

37

21,3

74

25,7

83

30,7

67

33,9

96

37,0

95

39,4

94

40,8

60

42,3

97

20002001

20012002

20022003

20032004

20052006

20042005

20072008

20062007

20092010

20082009

20102011

4,47

3

5,01

4

1,32

1

1,63

6

2,90

2

2,66

2

3,32

4

3,62

1

3,73

1

4,63

6

4,82

0

20002001

20012002

20022003

20032004

20052006

20042005

20072008

20062007

20092010

20082009

20102011

7,53

8

11,5

34

2,06

9

3,04

9

6,97

0

6,87

6

8,74

9

7,16

1

20032004

20052006

20042005

20072008

20062007

20092010

20082009

20102011

POSTGRADUATE: MASTER’S DEGREES, POSTGRADUATE DEGREES AND PHDS

OTHER: University @thenaeum, summer and winter courses, school of languages, seminars, customised training

UNDERGRADUATE: DIPLOMAS, NON-EHEA DEGREES AND EHEA DEGREES

STUDENT ENROLMENT AT THE UOC CLIMBED NEARLY 7% COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEAR.

SOME 48% OF UOC STUDENTS ARE WOMEN.


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ECONOMICSAND BUSINESS STUDIES

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES

LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

PSYCHOLOGYAND EDUCATION SCIENCES

HEALTH SCIENCES

IT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Diploma in Business Studies 5,605

Diploma in Tourism 835

2nd-Cycle Degree in Business Administration and Management 1,656

2nd-Cycle Degree in Labour Sciences 1,266

2nd-Cycle Degree in Market Research and Techniques 887

EHEA Degree in Tourism 320

EHEA Degree in Business Administration and Management 2,870

EHEA Degree in Marketing and Market Research 559

EHEA Degree in Labour Relations and Employment 441

University Master’s Degree in Health and Safety 669

2nd-Cycle Degree in Audiovisual Communication 588

2nd-Cycle Degree in Information and Communication Sciences 537

2nd-Cycle Degree in Advertising and Public Relations 924

EHEA Degree in Communication 994

EHEA Degree in Information and Communication Sciences 298

University Master’s Degree in the Information and Knowledge Society 426

2nd-Cycle Degree in Audiovisual Communication 2,464

2nd-Cycle Degree in Information and Communication Sciences 398

2nd-Cycle Degree in Advertising and Public Relations 2,453

EHEA Degree in Communication 490

EHEA Degree in Information and Communication Sciences 67

2nd-Cycle Degree in Catalan Language and Literature 357

2nd-Cycle Degree in Humanities 1,108

2nd-Cycle Degree in East Asian Studies 618

EHEA Degree in Humanities 1,280

EHEA Degree in Catalan Language and Literature 297

University Master’s Degree in Cultural Management 385

2nd-Cycle Degree in Psychology 1,799

2nd-Cycle Degree in Educational Psychology 1,973

EHEA Degree in Psychology 4,165

EHEA Degree in Social Education 1,280

University Master’s Degree in e-Learning 745

Foundation Degree in Management IT 1,630

Foundation Degree in Systems IT 2,001

Foundation Degree in Telecommunications: Specialisation in Telematics 714

2nd-Cycle Degree in Computer Engineering 770

EHEA Degree in Computer Engineering 1,050

EHEA Degree in Telecommunications Technology 301

EHEA Degree in Multimedia Studies 1,264

University Master’s Degree in Free Software 454

University Master’s Degree in Telemedicine 54

University Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Health 106

Food Systems, Culture and Society 38

Global Executive Education 233

5. BREAKDOWN OF STUDENTS BY PROGRAMME


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TEACHING AND MANAGEMENT STAFF

Faculty members 249

Collaborating teachers 3,155

Management staff 490

Men Women

Faculty members 137 112

Collaborating teachers 1,797 1,358

Management staff 149 341

Of the UOC’s 249 faculty members, 71% hold PhDs and 58% have been accredited by the university system.

TEACHING AND MANAGEMENT STAFF

TEACHING AND MANAGEMENT STAFF BY SEX

1. BREAKDOWN OF GRADUATES BY TYPE OF PROGRAMME

GRADUATES

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PHD UNIVERSITYMASTER’S

DEGREE

DIPLOMA NON-EHEA DEGREE

MASTER’S OR POSTGRADUATE

DEGREE

310 2,3271,9201,362

CLOSE TO 6,000 PEOPLE GRADUATED FROM THE UOC IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-2010.

TOTAL: 5,926

19992000

20002001

20012002

20022003

20032004

20052006

20042005

20072008

20062007

20092010

20082009

2. EVOLUTION OF THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES OF DIPLOMA, DEGREE, UNIVERSITY MASTER’S DEGREE AND PHD PROGRAMMES

3,45

2 4,00

6

118

142

431 95

4

719

862

1,02

3

1,63

6

3,01

2

2,68

6 1,92

0

1,46

6 2,09

4

2,22

5 2,60

6

2,87

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Offi cial qualifi cations: degrees, master’s degrees, PhDsUOC-specifi c qualifi cations: master’s degrees, postgraduate degrees

SOME 70% OF FACULTY MEMBERS HOLD PHDS AND NEARLY 60% HAVE BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.


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THE STUDENT SERVICE TWITTER ACCOUNT RECEIVED 915 QUERIES AND HAS 2,250 FOLLOWERS.

THE UOC LIBRARY LAUNCHED AN E-BOOK LOAN SERVICE WITH 265 DEVICES.

NETWORKED UOC

1. STUDENT SUPPORT

THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY

The collection

Number of titles in catalogue 42,103

Number of e-book titles 13,057

Number of physical book titles 27,120

Number of volumes 69,011

Number of journals accessible online

19,991

Number of electronic resources 28,871

Use of the library and user service

Book loans 39,489

Catalogue queries 2,266,657

Queries submitted to the Library 4,339

Visits to the Library website 1,294,315

Downloads of full-text articles 322,259

Number of e-readers 265

E-reader loans 390

Teaching materials 147

Hours of training 264

Attendees at training 900

The Library in the classroom

Number of electronic resources available in classrooms (Virtual Library)

21,854

EDUCATION

Counsellors for programmes in Catalan

463

Counsellors for programmesin Spanish

192

Subjects taught in Catalan 1,584

Virtual classrooms in Catalan 1,642

Subjects taught in Spanish 1,666

Virtual classrooms in Spanish 1,743

Subjects taught in English 123

Subjects taught in French 14

Exam sites 24

Regional offi ces 17

Support centres 51

Queries handled by support centres

92,851

Information requests handled 29,775

Information sessions 87

Welcome and orientation sessions for new students

30

Use of services available at regional offi ces

16,204

Committees (campus, departments and regional offi ces)

20, made up of 140 representatives

Annual fi gures

2. STUDENT SERVICES

QUERIES

Queries (questions, suggestions, complaints)

172,412

TWITTER SERVICE CHANNEL

Queries 915

Offi cial communications (tweets) 49

Followers 2,252

The service was launched in March 2011


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3,203,587 617,9993,633,615 719,5853,818,903 812,631

Annual total

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND STUDENT PARTICIPATION

Number of news items published 938

News area users 127,716

Personalised messages 268

Issues of Academic Information Newsletter

17

Average number of subscribers 16,238

Number of active forums (discus-sion forums managed by members of the community)

365

Average number of threads posted in forums monthly

3,878

Number of users of the SMS-Mobile Marks service

22,290

Users 2,954,716

Visits 23,397,110

Page views 62,219,629

Time spent4 minutes 45

seconds

3. VIRTUAL CAMPUS

4.1. EVOLUTION OF THE MAIN INDICATORS OF THE WEBSITE’S RANKING

4. 2. RANKINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY’S WEBSITES

20082009

20082009

20092010

20092010

20102011

20102011

Visits Users

5,872,118 6,967,285 7,214,403

Pageviews

7 8 8

PageRank

2 MINUTES9 SECONDS

Timespent

2 MINUTES 32 SECONDS


As of 31 July 2011

Webometrics is an international ranking drawn up by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) of the websites of 20,000 universities. The ranking is based on four indicators: the size of the website (the number of pages that it hosts), visibility (the number of external links to a university’s website), the number of rich fi les and Google Scholar.

Comparison from highest-traffi c month (March)

THE WEBSITE SET A NEW RECORD, REGISTERING MORE THAN 800,000 USERS IN MARCH 2011.

4. THE UOCS’S WEBSITEwww

USAGESTATISTICS

Academic year

2008-2009Academic year

2009-2010Academic year

2010-2011

638 558 724


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5. OPEN ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE

THE UOC WEBSITE RECEIVED FOUR TIMES MORE VISITS FROM MOBILE DEVICES IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011 THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

2,411,488

469,739

21,575

2,707,402

1,831

992,468

172,550

34,088

156,752

4. 3. NUMBER OF VISITS BY BROWSING LANGUAGE

20092010

20102011

20102011

Catalanwebsite

Number of documents available

23,227 85,552

20092010

20102011

Visits

Spanishwebsite

Visits

Englishwebsite

Downloads

Comparison from highest-traffi c month (March) Comparison from highest-traffi c month (June)

OPENCOURSEWARE

JOURNALS, INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE SITES

4.4. EVOLUTION OF THE NUMBER OF VISITS FROM MOBILE DEVICES

THE O2 REPOSITORY, THE OBERTA IN OPEN ACCESS

9 13 15

12,357 12,847 13,523

20082009

20082009

20092010

20092010

20102011

20102011

Number of journals and websites

428 11,921 7,560

Visits

383 8,467 5,553

Users

286,597

39SECONDS

563,013 880,048

Total number of plays

Time spent

YOUTUBE

20082009

20092010

20102011

449 913 1,370

Number of videos

592 1,185 1,688

Subscribers to the UOC’s YouTube channel Subscribers

Journals and institutional publications: Anàlisi, Artnodes, COMeIN, Digithum, Ecouniversitat, eLC Research Paper Series, IDP. Internet, Law and Politics Journal, IN3 Working Paper Series, Journal of Confl ictology, Mosaic, RUSC. Revista de Universidad y Sociedad del Conocimiento, UOC Papers, Walk In. Knowledge sites: LletrA, Debates on Education.

As of 31 July 2011

Comparison from highest-traffi c month (February) Source: Nielsen (Universia.es website)

The O2 repository was launched in February 2010. Cumulative fi gures.

As of 31 July 2011




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THE UNIVERSITY’S OTHER THREE TWITTER ACCOUNTS HAVE MORE THAN 12,000 FOLLOWERS.

THE UOC’S TWITTER ACCOUNT

Members

LINKEDIN ALUMNI

20092010

20102011

863 1,893

As of 31 July 2011

As of 31 July 2011

As of 31 July 2011

EDITORIAL UOC: CATALOGUE

EDITORIAL UOC WEBSITE

20082009

20082009

20092010

20092010

20102011

20102011

20102011

20102011

20102011

122 107 174

50,080 41,513

Books

Visits Users Time spent

23 47 90

Reprints


www.editorialuoc.cat

UOC FACEBOOK PAGE

20082009

20082009

20092010

20092010

20102011

20102011

4

51

7515

275

4,3897

254

9,322

Number of pages opened on Facebook

Number of interactions

Followers

As of 31 July 2011

6. THE SOCIAL UOC

Number of active UOC Twitter accounts 22

Followers of @UOCuniversitat, @UOCuniversidad and @UOCuniversity 12,105

Tweets sent 742

Tweets in Catalan 313

Retweets 333

Mentions 398

Tweets in Spanish 336

Retweets 298

Mentions 609

Tweets in English 93

Retweets 34

Mentions 76

www.facebook.com/uoc.universitat

www.twitter.com/UOCuniversity


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THE UOC IN THE WORLD

AGREEMENTS

STUDENTS

36,000CATALONIA

MORE THAN

12,500REST OF SPAIN

MORE THAN

BREAKDOWN OF STUDENTS IN THE WORLD

Chile» Santo Tomás University (UST)

Bolivia» Simón Bolivar Andean University (UASB)

» Fe y Alegría, Movimiento de Educación Popular

Integral y de Promoción Social

Argentina» National University of the Northwest of Buenos Aires Province

(UNNOBA)

» Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (CPAU)

Mexico» Instituto Tecnológico de Teléfonos de México, S.C. (INTTELMEX)

» Teléfonos de México, S.A.B. (TELMEX)

» Ibero-American University Puebla

» Orfeó Català de Mèxic AC

EUROPEAN

CEDU (Conferencia Estatal de Defensores Universitarios)

EADTU (European Association of Distance Teaching University)

EDEN (European Distance and E-Learning Network)

EFQUEL (European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning)

EMUNI (Euro-Mediterranean University)

ENOHE (European Network for Ombudsmen in Higher Education)

EOMED (Espace Numérique Ouvert pour la Méditerranée)

EPUF (Euromed Permanent University Forum)

EUA (European University Association)

EUCEN (The European Association for University Life Long Learning)

EUNIS (European University Information Systems)

NETWORKS


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THE UOC BELONGS TO 11 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY NETWORKS AND 16 GLOBAL ONES.

THE UOC SIGNED 21 NEW AGREEMENTS AND KEPT MORE THAN 130 IN FORCE WITH COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

850 40REST OF EUROPE AFRICA

70ASIA

50NORTH

AMERICA

5OCEANIA

550CENTRAL

AND SOUTH AMERICA

MORE THAN

MORE THAN

MORE THAN MORE THAN

MORE THAN MORE THAN

Israel» Open University of Israel (OUI)

Australia» University of New England (UNE)

Algeria» Wataniya Telecom Algérie Spa

Senegal» Olympafrica International Foundation

Andorra» University of Andorra

GLOBAL

AUIP (Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de Posgrado)

CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education)

CINDA (Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo)

CREAD (Consorcio Interamericano de Educación a Distancia)

EDUCAUSE

ELI (Educause Learning Initiative)

GUNI (Global University Network for Innovation)

IAU (International Association of Universities)

ICDE (International Council for Open and Distance Education)

IMS (Global Learning Consortium)

NAFSA (Association of International Educators)

NMC (New Media Consortium)

OCW (OpenCourseWare Consortium)

RECLA (Red de Educación Continua de América Latina y Europa)

REDDU (Red de Defensores, Procuradores y Titulares de Organismos de

Defensa de los Derechos Universitarios)

Talloires Network

Spain» Fundación Cultural y de Estudios Sociales (CYES)


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The University’s research, innovation and transfer activity is organised into more than thirty re-

search groups, which are linked to departments and knowledge areas and to the University’s two

research centres: the eLearn Center and the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute.

Following the creation of the necessary mechanisms to implement the master plan, work con-

tinued to promote quality research and innovation activities. The three committees attached to

the Vice President’s Offi ce of Innovation and Research seek to foster the university’s research

activity:

2nd Research ConferenceAimed at all UOC faculty members, research staff and management staff who engage in research

activities, the conference seeks to provide a forum for sharing strategies and research practices

associated with scientifi c publications, projects, thematic networks and knowledge transfer.

Research Committee:» Defi nition of a UOC-specifi c research support

programme to cover the expenses associated with

research and scientifi c output.

» Drafting of the UOC’s Doctoral Study Regulations,

pursuant to the decree published in the Spanish

Offi cial State Gazette in February 2011.

The eLearn Center promotes research, knowledge transfer and innovation in e-learning through the following programmes and activities:

Director of the eLC_ Dr Begoña Gros. Director of the Research Area_ Dr Elena Barberà. irector of the Innovation Area_ Dr Iolanda García. Academic Director_ Dr Albert Sangrà.

Publications Committee:» Preparation of a framework plan

for the indexing of the univer-

sity’s scientifi c publications.

Ethics Committee::» Drafting of a Code of Good

Practices in Research.

RESEARCH, TRANSFER AND INNOVATION

RESEARCHINSTITUTES

eLEARN CENTER (eLC)

Doctoral programmeThe Doctoral Programme on the Information and Knowledge Society also offers a limited number of doctoral fellowships for students seeking to take the courses in person and write a doctoral thesis.

Resident researchers

New Knowledge Communities

Postdoctoral researchers

Visiting professors

In order to foster the creation and consoli-dation of research networks and the ex-change of knowledge between members of the research community, the IN3 published calls for:

INTERNET INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTE (IN3)

Director of the IN3_ Dr Manuel Castells. Sci-entifi c Committee for Research and Doctoral Studies_ Dr Martin Carnoy (president), Dr Betty Collis, Dr William Dutton, Dr Jerry Feldman, Dr Miguel Ángel Lagunas, Dr Vicente López, Dr Robin Mansell, Dr Guido Martinotti, Dr Vicenç Navarro, Dr Marina Subirats, Dr Xavier Vives, Dr Rosalind Williams.

2009-2012 research programme: Time Factor in e-Learning.

Regular publication: eLC Research Paper Series (http://elcrps.uoc.edu)

National and international research projects: Conceptual Framework for e-Learning

Innovation projects: eKnowledge: interactive forum for collaborative learning; UOCLET: online notes

Publication of reports: Horizon Report 2010, Latin American Edition, in collaboration with the New Media Consortium

FOURTEEN RESEARCH GROUPS HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED BY THE CATALAN GOVERNMENT.

THE UNIVERSITY’S RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND TRANSFER ACTIVITIES ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN MORE THAN 30 RESEARCH GROUPS.

Doctoral programme in e-Learning

eLC Research Fellows Program

Pre- and postdoctoral research fellowships

International talks

International visiting scholars programme

http://elearncenter.uoc.edu/

http://in3.uoc.edu

http://w.uoc.edu/research-innovation


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With a view to facilitating the transfer of the UOC’s knowledge and technology, the OSRT carried out three main actions:

» Redesign of the OSRT’s website. The website now includes the reports on R&D and innovation activity and links to all the research groups and projects and their scientifi c output. http://osrt.uoc.edu

» New intranet. This space allows users to ask questions and ac-cess all available information and resources for conducting R&D and innovation activities.

» Knowledge map. This map shows the groups, areas and research-ers who participate in R&D and innovation activities at the UOC by

knowledge area. http://mapadelconeixement.uoc.edu

Projects 115

Papers published in journals

101

Books 18

Book chapters 119

Papers presented at conferences

199

Research groups 36

Doctoral theses read 11

Doctoral fellows 25

Over the academic year 2010-2011, the following lines of activity were emphasised:

» Promotion of the evolution of the educational model through the APLICA 2010 call for project propos-als. Of the 63 proposals submitted, 37 were approved.

» The Factoria ide@innova launched the Ubidi project and carried out the winning project from the last call for proposals from UOC students.

» Three IMPULSA projects were launched in relation to experimentation in educational innovation, and two competitive grant projects were begun with national public grants.

INNOVATION

THE CHAIRS

FIGURESTHE UOC RESEARCH AND TRANSFER SUPPORT OFFICE (OSRT)

MissionTo research and carry out activi-ties aimed at encouraging the use of ICT for development and learning and promoting equal opportunities in the knowledge society in the spheres of open educational resources, teacher training, mobile technologies for learning and development, empowerment, gender and ICT.

ActivitiesSeventh edition of the inter-national seminar. This year’s edition focused on mobile technologies for learning and development.

UNESCO CHAIR IN E-LEARNING

Executive Director_ EmmaKiselyova.Academic Director_ Dr Julià Minguillón.

Website:http://unescochair.uoc.edu Blog:http://unescochair.blogs.uoc.edu/Twitter:www.twitter.com/UOCunes-cochairFacebook:www.facebook.com/uocunes-cochair

MissionThe result of an agreement be-tween Linguamón-Casa de les Llengües and the UOC, the chair is tasked with cooperating on the promotion of a sustainable, fair and functional conception of language diversity. Operating within the Arts and Humanities Department, the Chair promotes research, training, information and documentation activities related to multilingualism as a means of social and economic development.

ActivitiesPresentation of the results of the language model used in Catalan schools and publica-tion of the book Ser multilingüe o no ser...? (To be or not to be multilingual...) by Joan Pujolar and Ernest Querol, lecturer and collaborating teacher at the UOC, respectively.

LINGUAMÓN-UOC CHAIR IN MULTI-LINGUALISM

Director_ Miquel Strubell.Secretari executiu_ Joan Pujolar.

Web:http://catedramultilinguisme.uoc.edu/

MissionWith a view to promoting sport as a tool for peaceful co-exist-ence and confl ict resolution, the Campus for Peace and the FC Barcelona Foundation (FFCB from the Catalan) set out the lines of action to be pursued in 2012. They are: the creation of new educational programmes, the promotion of scientifi c re-search and dissemination of the resulting knowledge.

Activities

» Organisation of the webinar “Sport Values and Citizenship”

» First edition of the postgradu-ate programme in Sport for So-cial Co-existence and Confl ict Resolution

» Creation of the Chair’s Advi-sory Council

» Creation of a research group within the CREC-IN3 on Sport and Confl icts.

UNESCO-FCB-UOC CHAIR IN SPORT

Web:http://w.uoc.edu/sports-chair/

Director_ Dr Eduard Vinyamata.


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For the academic year

2011-2012, the UOC has

received approval to add the following offi cial master’s degrees:

EDUCATION AND QUALITY

MASTERS

Inter-university master’s degree offered by the UOC, Rovira i Virgili University (URV) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and coordinated by the UOC (CU resolution of 26/07/2011)

(CU resolution of 26/07/2011)



Spanish University Council (CU from the Spanish) resolution of 01/06/2010

The UOC offered a

total of 15 EHEA-adapted

bachelor’s degrees in the

academic year 2010-2011.

Two of these bachelor’s

degrees were being of-

fered for the fi rst time.

In addition to the bachelor’s

degrees, the University offered

eight university master’s degrees,

three of which were being offered

for the fi rst time.

CRIMINOLOGY

LABOUR RELATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT

EHEA DEGREES

TELEMEDICINE

NUTRITION AND HEALTH

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

MASTERS

ACADEMIC YEAR

20102011

DEPLOYMENT OF NEW QUALIFICATIONS

S(r

((C22

TAX ISSUES

KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

ORGANISATION MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY SECURITY

((Coo

MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

ACADEMIC YEAR

20112012


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THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM ENABLES ANNUAL INTERNAL EVALUATIONS OF 100% OF THE OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS. NEARLY 60% OF UOC FACULTY MEMBERS WITH

PHDS HAVE BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE SYSTEM.

FOLLOW-UP ON OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONSThe UOC submitted annual follow-up reports to the Catalan University

Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya) on the EHEA-adapted qualifi ca-

tions launched in the academic years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. These

were in addition to the two follow-up reports submitted as part of the

experimental follow-up programme in the last academic year. A total of 10

EHEA-adapted bachelor’s degrees and 5 university master’s degrees have

been submitted for follow-up.

DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS, SCHOOLS AND IGIArts and Humanities Department_ Dr Carles Sigalés (to 6 October 2010), Dr Agustí Colomines (to 6 July 2011) | Health Sciences Department_ José Esteban | Informa-tion and Communication Sciences Department_ Dr Lluís Pastor | Law and Political Science Department_ Dr Agustí Cerrillo | Economics and Business Studies Depart-ment_ Dr M. Àngels Fitó | IT, Multimedia and Telecommunications Department_ Rafael Macau | Psychology and Educational Sciences Department_ Dr Carles Si-galés, Dr Josep M. Mominó (fi ns al 6 de juliol de 2011) | Business School_ Dr Joan Torrent | School for Cooperation_ Dr Eduard Vinyamata | School of Languages_Ferran Ferrando | International Graduate Institute_ Dr Josep M. Duart

FIRST ORDINARY CALL FOR FACULTY EVALUATIONSA total of 87 UOC faculty members

participated in the call. As a result, 40%

of UOC faculty members have now

received positive evaluations.

STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN QUALITY ASSESSMENTSThe UOC and AQU Catalunya

jointly offer the online course

‘Promoting Student Participation

in University Quality Assurance’.

Students in the course acquire

the knowledge and skills they

need to become actively involved

in assessing university quality.

QUALITY


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Figures in euros

FINANCIALREPORT

OPERATING EXPENSES

PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE YEAR -133,122.92 -390,869.39 267,249.96 -256,742.35

INCOME STATEMENT 2010. Fundació Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

OPERATING INCOME

UOC TEACHING IN3 RESEARCH UOC PROJECTS TOTAL FUOC

Net turnover 51,322,971.71 1,299,671.19 1,358,986.62 53.981.629,52

Non-core income 122.95 16,000.00 0.00 16.122,95

Operating grants 32,064,183.24 3,360,484.25 22,000.00 35.446.667,49

Capital grants, donations and legacies

9,928,604.23 0.00 0.00 9.928.604,23

Donations 46,952.47 0.00 0.00 46.952,47

Over-provision and allocation of provisions

317,147.36 16,795.22 11,000.00 344.942,58

Other income 34,724.55 0.00 0.00 34.724,55

TOTAL OPERATING INCOME 93.714.706,51 4.692.950,66 1.391.986,62 99.799.643,79


Grants awarded 521,482.92 0.00 0.00 521,482.92

Supplies 1,868,419.67 0.00 425.10 1,868,844.77

Personnel Expenses 33,053,361.83 3,071,360.01 168,889.87 36,293,611.71

Provision for depreciation and amortisation

10,797,793.30 0.00 0.00 10,797,793.30

Impairment losses and other period provisions

693,330.96 73,604.85 0.00 766,935.81

Outside services 47,101,195.06 1,886,384.32 955,421.69 49,943,001.07

Taxes 9,218.39 0.00 0.00 9,218.39

Other expenses 3,004.64 46,116.75 0.00 49,121.39

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 94,047,806.77 5,077,465.93 1,124,736.66 100,250,009.36


OPERATING PROFIT/(LOSS) -333,100.26 -384,515.27 267,249.96 -450,365.57

Financial Income 576,177.48 0.00 0.00 576,177.48

Financial expenses 376,200.14 6,354.12 0.00 382,554.26

FINANCIAL PROFIT/(LOSS) 199,977.34 -6,354.12 0.00 193,623.22

PROFIT(LOSS) BEFORE TAX -133,122.92 -390,869.39 267,249.96 -256,742.35

Corporate income tax 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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OTHERINCOME

0.03%

TAXES

0.01%

DONATIONS 0.05%

OTHEREXPENSES

0.05%

OVER-PROVISIONAND ALLOCATION OF PROVISIONS

0.35%

NETTURNOVER

0.52%

CAPITAL GRANTS(OTHER)

1.39%

IMPAIRMENT LOSSES AND

OTHER PERIOD PROVISIONS

0.77%

OPERATING GRANTS(OTHER)

2.20%

SUPPLIES

1.86%

CAPITAL GRANTS

(CATALAN GOVERNMENT)

8.56%

PROVISION FOR DEPRECIATION AND

AMORTISATION

10.77%

OPERATING GRANTS (CATALAN

GOVERNMENT)

33.32%

PERSONNELEXPENSES

36.20%

NETTURNOVER

54.11%

OUTSIDESERVICES

49.82%

OPERATING INCOME

OPERATING EXPENSES

TOTAL: 100,250,009.36 €

TOTAL: 99,799,643.79 €


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OPEN TO SOCIAL NETWORKS

» Youtube: www.youtube.com/uoc

» Twitter

@UOCuniversitat: www.twitter.com/UOCuniversitat

@UOCuniversidad: www.twitter.com/UOCuniversidad

@UOCuniversity: www.twitter.com/UOCuniversity

@UOCestudiant: www.twitter.com/UOCestudiant

@UOCestudiante: www.twitter.com/UOCestudiante

@UOCalumni: www.twitter.com/UOCalumni

All the UOC’s Twitter accounts: http://twitter.com/UOCuniversitat/uoc

» Storify: http://storify.com/uocuniversitat/

» Facebook: www.facebook.com/UOC.universitat

» Netvibes: www.netvibes.com/uoc_eng

» Delicious: http://delicious.com/UOC_University

» Alumni Slideshare: www.slideshare.net/uocalumni

» Flickr: www.fl ickr.com/UOC_Universitat

» Alumni Group on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2148606

» UOC blogs: http://w.uoc.edu/blog-en

THE UOC ONLINE

OPEN TO SOCIETY

» Get to know the UOC http://w.uoc.edu/get-to-know-the-uoc/

» The President onlinehttp://rectora.uoc.edu

» UNESCO Chair in e-Learninghttp://unescochair.uoc.edu

» Linguamón-UOC Chair in Multilingualism http://catedramultilinguisme.uoc.edu

» UNESCO-FCB-UOC Chair in Sporthttp://w.uoc.edu/sports-chair

» Campus for Peace http://campusforpeace.uoc.edu

» Associate institutions and companies http://associated_companies.uoc.edu

» UOC Alumni http://alumni.uoc.edu

» Regional networkhttp://w.uoc.edu/regional-network/

» Open Minds http://openminds.uoc.edu


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OPEN TO KNOWLEDGE

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

» Virtual Library http://biblioteca.uoc.edu

» O2, the ‘Oberta’ in Open Access: institutional repositoryhttp://openaccess.uoc.edu/

Journals» Anàlisi

www.analisi.cat

» Artnodeshttp://artnodes.uoc.edu

» COMeINhttp://comein.uoc.edu

» Digithumhttp://digithum.uoc.edu

» Ecouniversitathttp://ecouniversitat.uoc.edu

» eLC Research Paper Series http://elcrps.uoc.edu

» IDP. Revista d’Internet, Dret i Políticahttp://idp.uoc.edu

» IN3 Working Paper Series http://in3wps.uoc.edu

» Journal of Confl ictology http://joc.uoc.edu

» Mosaichttp://mosaic.uoc.edu

» RUSC. Revista de Universidady Sociedad del Conocimientohttp://rusc.uoc.edu

» UOC Papers http://uocpapers.uoc.edu

» Walk Inhttp://walkin.uoc.edu

Knowledge spaces» LletrA

http://lletra.uoc.edu

» Debates on Education www.debats.cat

» Editorial UOC www.editorialuoc.cat

Open teaching materials» OpenCourseWare

http://ocw.uoc.edu

QUALITY TEACHING

Educational offerhttp://w.uoc.edu/study-at-the-uoc

International Graduate Institutehttp://iip.uoc.edu

» Research http://research.uoc.edu

» Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) http://in3.uoc.edu

» eLearn Center (eLC) http://elearncenter.uoc.edu

» Innovation:http://innovation.uoc.edu

Departments and Teaching Areas

» Arts and Humanities Departmenthttp://eah.uoc.edu

» Health Sciences Departmenthttp://ecs.uoc.edu

» Information and CommunicationSciences Departmenthttp://ecic.uoc.edu

» Law and Political Science Departmenthttp://edcp.uoc.edu

» Economics and Business Studies Departmenthttp://eee.uoc.edu

» IT, Multimedia and Telecommunications Departmenthttp://eimt.uoc.edu

» Psychology and Educational Sciences Departmenthttp://epce.uoc.edu

Schools» Business School

http://bs.uoc.edu

» School of Cooperationhttp://w.uoc.edu/school-cooperation

» School of Languageshttp://escola-de-llengues.uoc.edu/


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THE LEARNING MODEL

THE VIRTUAL CAMPUSThe students’ virtual learning environment: campus, class-rooms, subjects, forums, etc.

4 VIDEOS AND3 MINUTES

THE UOC IN

http://w.uoc.edu/video/learning-model/ /

http://w.uoc.edu/video/i-am-uoc//

http://w.uoc.edu/video/virtual-campusus

http://w.uoc.edu/fi gures/

http://w.uoc.edu/video/online-university/

THE UOC, THE LEADING ONLINE UNIVERSITY A documentary present-ing the University to the world.

The design and organ-isation of the UOC’s learning process.

A summary of the most important fi gures refl ecting the University’s activities.

I AM UOCThe experience of studying at the UOC.

IN THREE MINUTES


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AN

NETWORK

OPEN-MINDED

http://openminds.uoc.edu/

The UOC’s social portal for people with an innovative and creative attitude.

WHAT IS OPEN MINDS?

Brief talks based on questions or sug-gestions from internet users on a given subject.

WIKISPEECH

Videos of talks and links to articles, reports, interviews or dossiers on any subject offering an open and critical view of a discipline or the knowledge society.

IN MOVEMENT

Short declarations of intent provided voluntarily by highly dedicated people on any area of the knowledge society.

OPEN LETTERS

These playlists on the UOC’s Spotify channel let users listen to music that has been chosen specifi cally to accompany their studying.

MUSIC TO STUDY TO

Articles, interviews, reports or any other kind of content from people who share our open-minded attitude on their discipline or area of knowledge.

OPEN-MINDED FIGURE

A selection of websites with an innovative, auda-cious and open attitude that want to highlight cur-rent concerns and fi nd solutions in the knowledge society through plurality and imagination.

OPEN WEBSITES

Follow the open-minded movement on Twitter@UOCopenminds


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PUBLISHED BY_ Communications Department. Internet Publications. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS_ Eric Hauck. DIRECTOR OF INTERNET PUBLICATIONS_ Lluís Rius. EDITORIAL COORDINATION_ Maria Boixadera. TEXT_ Maria Boixadera, David Font, Ariadna Gonzàlez, Antoni Manzanares, Àngels Novoa, Gerard Pagès, Jordi Palau, Teresa Pérez, Xavier Rafart, Mireia Riera, Lluís Rius, Teresa Sancho, Jordi Serres, Isabel Solà, Maria Taulats. PROO-FREADING AND TRANSLATION_ UOC Language Service. PRODUCTION_ Xènia Bastida, Joan Teixidó. GRAPHIC DESIGN AND LAYOUT_ Zona. PRINTED BY_ Alfadir. LEGAL DEPOSIT_ B-42795-2011. POSTAL ADDRESS_ Univer-sitat Oberta de Catalunya, av. Tibidabo, 39-43, 08035 Barcelona. All annual reports of the UOC: http://w.uoc.edu/annual-report

www.uoc.edu

PresidentDr Imma Tubella

Vice President, Research and InnovationDr Begoña Gros (until 6 July 2011)

Vice President, Research and InnovationDr Teresa Sancho

Vice President, Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong LearningDr Josep Maria Duart

Vice President, Academic Organisation and FacultyDr Pere Fabra

Vice President, TechnologyDr Llorenç Valverd

General ManagerDr Òscar Aguer

GOVERNING TEAM


Documents

Summary of the UOC Annual Report. Academic year 2010-2011